When was the last time you had great fun with your family?
Going to the zoo is definitely a number-one pick for family activities. Other than visiting animals, most zoos nowadays have rides that you can enjoy with your family. Meals are served in the zoo.
Having a picnic at the park is also a good activity for your family. Even though you might not be really keen on outdoor activities, you can still enjoy your time by playing together after having your lunch.
Visiting the nation’s capital would be your choice if you want to go on a trip with your family. Learn more about the history by visiting historical sites.
A treasure hunt is a popular activity, so going hunting with your family is a nice choice. You can train yourself by asking to be the person in charge who can hold the treasure map and make decisions.
Create a video clip (片段) with your family.
| A．History creates topics for you and your family. |
| B．Family is always the most valuable thing in life. |
| C．At bedtime read to your young kids and read with your elder kids. |
| D．Bring your own snacks if you want to save some money. |
| E．Here are two examples. |
| F．Make your family the characters in the clip. |
| G．Doing some yard work together can also be a fun quality time for your family. |
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【推荐1】My mom is one of the least wasteful people I know. She often brings her basket to the market to carry food.
Reuse your containers
A lot of low-waste solutions require buying special containers. But you don’t need to spend money on them.
Save what you can
There are many things in your household you can save before dropping them. Maybe you can repair an old pair of jeans instead of buying a new pair. Or maybe you can cut up old T-shirts into rags (抹布).
Depend less on pre-packaged (包装) foods
Once you start noticing how much rubbish you produce at home, you can start to see places to cut down on rubbish elsewhere. Bring your own reusable fork to a restaurant that uses single-use plastic utensils (餐具). Or ask your local waiter to fill up your glass coffee cup instead of a paper one.
| A．You can do much cooking at home |
| B．Save part of your meal for the next day |
| C．Often, food comes in wasteful packaging |
| D．Look for ways to cut waste outside the home |
| E．You can also live a low-waste lifestyle like this |
| F．You’ll save as much as you can in such a creative way |
| G．Instead, figure out a way to reuse the waste you have produced |
How to Write Product Descriptions Like a Professional
Whenever you sell any type of product, you have to convince someone why they should make a purchase.
●Read the Best Copy
You can't write a description until you know how experts are doing it.
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Normally, the specifications provided by the producer give you the bare facts about the product and nothing else.
●Cut Down
Writing a persuasive product description requires a lot of time and effort. Multiple drafts are often needed to find the best words for the job.
| A．Consult the producer |
| B．Begin the first draft carefully |
| C．There's no soul to these statistics |
| D．Speak to someone you trust about your ideas |
| E．Look at your chosen field and find the best-sellers |
| F．Don't write a 50-word product description immediately |
| G．You need to get your product description right in order to do this |
【推荐3】Five Ways to Improve Communication Skills
Communication is one of the most important skills we can ever learn. It affects everything that we do —whether we’re communicating at work to meet deadlines and achieve results, or communicating with friends, family and partners to build strong relationships. Thus communication is very important. Here are five ways to improve your communication skills.
This reflects a real lack of respect. By interrupting someone, what you’re basically saying is “I don’t care what you’re saying—what I have to say is more important”.
Don’t finish other people’s sentences.
Paraphrase.
If you want to show that you have really understood someone, then paraphrasing (解释) is a great tool.
Focus on active listening instead of passive listening. The difference is that active listening means you engage with and respond to the other person based on what he/she has said, while passive listening is simply the act of listening with no response.
Maintain eye contact.
By looking at the other person in the eyes, you are proving that you’re interested in what he/she is saving.
| A．All you do is repeat back to someone what he/she has just said, before you comment yourself. |
| B．You don’t see them interrupting others or leaving off mid conversation. |
| C．Listen actively. |
| D．This also keeps you focused (集中) and less distracted (分散). |
| E．Talk actively. |
| F．I used to do this a lot thinking I was helpfully finishing people’s sentences for them. |
| G．Never interrupt people. |
【推荐1】It is natural that young people are often uncomfortable when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways, that they are too serious and too strict with their children, and that they seldom give their children a free hand.
It is true that parents often find it difficult to win their children’s trust and they tend(倾向) to forget how they themselves felt when young.
For example, young people like to act on the spot without much thinking. It is one of their ways to show that they have grown up and they can face any difficult situation. Old people worry more easily. Most of them plan things in advance, at least in the back of their minds, and do not like their plans to be upset by something unexpected.
When you want your parents to let you do something, you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry with their choices in clothes, in entertainment and in music. But they do not mean to cause any trouble; it is just that they feel cut off from the older people’s world, into which they have not yet been accepted. That’s why young people want to make a new culture of their own, and if their parents don’t like their music or entertainment or clothes or their way of speech, this will make the young people extremely happy.
Sometimes you are so proud of yourself that you do not want your parents to say “yes” to what you do. All you want is to be left alone and do what you like. It is natural enough, after being a child for so many years, when you were completely under your parents’ control.
If you prefer to control your life, you’d better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have a high sense of responsibility, they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.
1. According to the text, young people prefer to __________.| A．ask for advice before they really start to do anything |
| B．think in the same way as their parents do |
| C．be very strict with themselves |
| D．do things without thinking carefully ahead |
| A．Because they want to try on something new and look different from the older. |
| B．Because they try to get their parents to be proud of them. |
| C．Because they want to give their parents a big surprise. |
| D．Because they want to test whether they are cleverer than old people. |
| A．they feel they are cleverer than old people |
| B．they do not want to get into trouble with their parents |
| C．they don’t feel they belong to the world of the old people |
| D．they want to show the new is better than the old |
| A．do everything according to his own wish |
| B．hold himself responsible for everything he does |
| C．do everything beyond his parents’ control |
| D．do everything the way his parents do |
【推荐2】“I have cancer.” Mom said and held me in a tight hug. I could feel her chest shaking as she tried not to cry but failed.
For all of my twenty-four years, my mom had been supportive. Strength and protection had always flowed from her to me. Now I knew it would have to flow the other way.
Mom didn’t stay down for long. After the shock of breast-cancer, she armed herself with a notebook and a pen and a thousand questions for the doctors. She took notes on white blood cell counts and medications with long names as though she were studying for entrance exams into medical school. “The not-knowing is the worst.” she said.
The operation was successful. The chemo (化疗) was the harder part. I went with Mom to every chemo treatment. She rarely complained, though her hair was gone and her toenails and fingernails fell out one by one. She joked that she could save money on nail polish (指甲油) and put it toward the doctor bills, even though she never wore nail polish. “Cancer can take my hair, my nails, my health, my very life. But it can’t take my smile.” Mom said.
Mom learned to share her fears with me, and it formed an even deeper connection between us. Yet I am certain there were fears she didn’t share because she was still protecting me — worries she only shared with Dad. Even in the darkest hours, she would just joke about the cancer. Mom always said, “When you look your greatest fear in the eye and laugh at it, you take away some of its power.”
Mom was one of the lucky ones. She did beat her cancer, though not without scars (伤疤). From her, I’ve learned I may not get to choose what I face, but I do get to choose how I face it.
1. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．There were other ways to treat cancer. |
| B．Knowledge of cancer would be helpful. |
| C．Mom had to stay stronger to beat cancer. |
| D．I should be the one being there for Mom. |
| A．Humorous and generous. | B．Caring and knowledgeable. |
| C．Positive and determined. | D．Kind and successful. |
| A．The jokes Mom told me. | B．The fear Mom shared with me. |
| C．The ways Mom faced fear. | D．The deep connection Mom and I formed. |
| A．Luck counts in beating diseases. |
| B．Positive attitudes get one through hardship. |
| C．Complaint does no good to one’s health. |
| D．Sharing feelings helps reduce sufferings a lot. |
Tonight, my piano concert was the most important thing in my family. My grandparents were coming by plane to hear me play. Even my busy Aunt Dianne who is on TV every night reading the news, was coming.
But one thing was for sure. I would never win an award for my piano playing. And that’s just because the more I practiced, the more nervous I got. So there I was, on stage, in my beautiful dress, and I sat down at the piano. But when I started to play, I hit a wrong note. I told myself to start over. But then I hit the wrong note again. It was as if I hadn’t practiced at all.
Finally the disaster was over. I ran off the stage. I couldn’t understand why people were applauding. But they were. My mom and my dad had flowers for me, and we were all supposed to go out for a nice dinner, but I couldn’t. I just wanted to go home and cry and never go anywhere again. After we went back home, Aunt Dianne just came in and sat down on the side of my bed.
“It was my first night on the air,” she said. “I had never been on television before, and I made a mistake. I mispronounced my name and the name of the news show. And you know what? No one even noticed but me. Just like tonight, no one noticed—just you”. Aunt Dianne was right. I think we are harder on ourselves than anyone else is. Maybe I will leave my room. And maybe, I’ll play the piano again.
1. The underlined part “the disaster” in paragraph 3 refers to ________．| A．the loud cheer of the audience |
| B．the laughs from the audience |
| C．the author’s piano performance |
| D．the author’s long dress |
| A．music played a big role in the author’s life |
| B．the author enjoyed staying with her family |
| C．piano practice made the author feel confident |
| D．the author got support from her family |
| A．Don’t be too hard on yourself. |
| B．Things seldom go as well as people expect. |
| C．No one will care what others have done. |
| D．Never think much of a matter. |
| A．My piano lesson |
| B．My family and I |
| C．My aunt Dianne |
| D．A piano concert disaster |
